Outlines southern and central routes proposed for express postal service in western United States. The southern route in green includes Memphis, Tenn., El Paso, Tex., and San Francisco, Calif. The central route in red includes Saint Louis, Mo., Albuquerque, N.M., and San Francisco.
"Route adopted by the [Post Office] Department traced in green. Route proposed by John Butterfield and others (who were the lowest bidders) in red."
"In the text, Butterfield presses the advantages of his [central] route over that chosen [the southern route]. The broadside was circulated by parties dissatisfied with the decision of Postmaster General Brown of Tennessee to take the road through Tennessee and bypass northern cities ... The date is 1857"--Newberry Library. Cat. of the Everett D. Graff Coll. of Western Americana.
Lithographed.
Includes descriptive text.

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